Observations into Burtons Genre Theory

Protagonists -  The protagonist in a movie and often the main characters. The protagonist can either be a hero or the villain. The male protagonist are often loners. 
Stock Characters - The stock characters are minor characters that star in the movies. 
This could be a police officer or the typical jock that gets killed. The stock characters are very stereo typical.
Plots and Stock Situations - Plot and stock situations are also very stereotypical, they are very predictable and recognizable. In romantic movies a recognizable situation would be the heroine not being able to get the boy.
Icons -  The aspect of the genre we immediately recognize and understand. 3 main type         of icons; Objects, backgrounds and sometimes stars. EG. Scream the icon is the mask we automatically understand what genre it is.
Settings - The settings is very important in a movie. They are distinctive for a given genre.


In the 3rd addition to the final destination saga, Wendy has becomes death's new victim. Wendy has a very vivid preminition about how her friends are going to die. However she has discovered a way to cheat death before the next person suffers a horrid,bloody and gruesome death. 


When alone in a house in the suburbs, you never know who is watching you. Kristin and John think there alone until they are being tortured by the murderers who are mysterious people in masks. There friend visits the house but ends up being murdered in a case of mistaken identity. Alone in the house Kristin is trying to escape but they torment her by tying her up and stabbing her repeatedly, she asks " Why are you doing this" they reply "because you are home".  


After a couple suffers a traumatic situation such as still birth there only option is to adopt. When Kate and John decide to adopt little orphan girl Esther from the orphanage they have no idea what they are in for. There other children Daniel and death max have different feelings towards her. Daniel is very hostile and does not really like her but max takes a liking to her. What they don't know is that little Esther is mentally disturbed. Mother Kate starts feeling negative towards her and has an idea that not everything is normal. She calls in the orphanage  to find out who Esther really is and discovers some worrying things. Who is Esther?

From burtons genre theory I am now able to identify all the different stock characters in not just horror movies but all movies. I can think of many horror films and point out the icons,setting,protagonist and many other things. Using burtons theory I now know how to incorporate it all into my horror trailer.